Roy Colsey. Dom Fin. Steve Carcaterra. Ousmane Greene. Erik Elfstrum. Joe Spallone. Those were some of the more recognizable teams on the 1989 Yorktown Huskers, who beat Corning East 8-7 in overtime to win the Class B state championship. The Trojans were led by Casey Donegan, Todd Cavallaro and Dan Burnside. It was the second […]

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We told you here late last summer that one of the most successful coaches in Hudson Valley high school lacrosse history, Ted Georgalas, would be joining Joe Alberici’s staff at Army as an assistant. Today, Army officially announced Georgalas’ addition in a press release. You can check it out here.

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Manhasset won a state championship for the third time in program history last year. But the Indians lost a strong senior nucleus from that team, including attackman Connor English, who is now a freshman at Virginia. English had nine — count ’em, nine — goals in a 16-11 win over LaFayette in the state title […]

It’s Day 2 for our brand, spanking new “Player’s perspective” feature, gang. Today we head out to Ridgefield, Conn., home of the defending FCIAC champion Ridgefield Tigers. We will be hearing from a couple of coach Roy Colsey’s Tigers here this season. First up is University of North Carolina-bound junior defenseman Matt Shannon. * Player’s […]

Welcome to the first installment of “Player’s perspective.” If you read the preview of this feature posted here yesterday, you shouldn’t be too surprised as to who our first subject is. Yorktown’s Kevin Interlicchio (pictured above in the file photo by Jim Stout/MaxPreps.com).

On April 1, 2007, I rolled out a new blog feature called “Outside the Box.” It was basically a first-of-its-kind personality profile in which I asked players as many questions about what interests them off the field as I did about what they were up to on it. The first subject was a freshman who […]

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East Hampton’s Austin Heneveld has it all. And Heneveld has the strength, shot, size and quickness to make a big impact at Navy. The 6-foot-1, 187-pound lefty attackman, who was also a football standout for East Hampton, is the latest subject of our new “Recruit spotlight extra” series. You can check out an archive of […]

You can view our archive of more than 100 player spotlights by clicking here. Earlier this month, Pleasantville goaltending standout Conor Fraylick joined the growing list of players from the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Fairfield area to join second-year coach Andy Copelan’s program at Fairfield by committing to the Stags. For more, check out the latest installment […]

All righty, gang. First off, it’s good to be back with you folks. With those words, written here on March 14, the new LaxLessons.com was officially born. Just weeks earlier, this was all an idea more than anything else, with the new homepage design and soon-to-launch features having just been sketched by yours truly on […]

Harry Razook, a standout attackman for Rye Country Day, has decided he will continue his lacrosse career at Division III power Washington and Lee. You can find out more by reading the latest installment of our “Recruit spotlight extra” feature. • You can view our archive of more than 100 player spotlights by clicking here.

We have been reporting on league and non-league schedules for teams from throughout the Hudson Valley/Long Island/Connecticut region the last couple of months. Now, there’s a convenient one-stop shop where you can check out schedules for teams from through the region — and throughout the nation.

You can view our archive of more than 100 player spotlights by clicking here. On Tuesday night, yet another one of those players spotlighted, Mahopac 6-foot-1, 175-pound senior midfield standout Chase Thompson (pictured above), committed to Division III power Franklin & Marshall. Now, you can find out more by reading the latest installment of our […]

Following our “Breaking recruiting news” updates, you can learn more about the commitments we have been reporting on. Next up is Irvington senior midfielder Jake Bernard, who will be playing his college lax at the College of Wooster in Ohio.

We continue to follow up with our “Breaking recruiting news” updates by taking more in-depth looks at the commitments we have been reporting on. Next up is Clarkstown South standout Sean Day, who committed to Union College in Schenectady earlier this week.

Nick Savastano’s tenure as John Jay coach is over. Savastano was told today that he will not be retained as the Indians’ coach after a highly successful 10 years as head varsity coach in which John Jay’s program achieved national prominence. John Jay athletic director Chris McCarthy said the decision does not affect Savastano’s status […]

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